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The Fleet and the Fluffy: Feathered Dinosaurs as Movie Monsters
In a half-remembered time a few years ago now, I had a great many rambling thoughts and feelings about feathered dinosaurs as movie monsters and wrote them down. After reading Relic I am not ready to embark on a full Jurassic Park review quite yet, but I figured I would post this here as it…
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Natural Selection by Dave Freedman
Title: Natural Selection Author: Dave Freedman Year: 2006 Publishing Details: Hyperion Books, First U.S. Mass Market Edition Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Eco-horror, Sea Monster, Animals Attack! Synopsis and Background: While Jaws (1974) spawned many imitators in the 70s and 80s, it’s position as a monster thriller was usurped in 1990 by the publication…
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The Accursed by Paul Boorstin
Title: The Accursed Author: Paul Boorstin Year: 1977 Publishing Details: Signet Classics, First Signet Printing, November 1977 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Animals Attack! Synopsis and Background: Full-disclosure, I decided to read this book based solely on the cover which gave me both infant Hercules and creepy baby Voldemort vibes. From the title I…
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Orca by Arthur Herzog
Title: Orca Author: Arthur Herzog Year: 1977 Publishing Details: Original Pocket Book edition, June 1977, a Simon and Schuster Division Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Sea Monster, Animals Attack! Synopsis and Background: Once upon a time there was a movie called Jaws. Released in 1975, it was based on a bestselling novel from the…
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Megalodon by Robin Brown
Title: Megalodon Author: Robin Brown Year: 1981 Publishing Details: PBJ Books, First Paperback Printing December 1982 Genre: Science Fiction, Horror Topical Category: Sea Monster, Animals Attack! Synopsis and Background: Before there was Steve Alten’s Meg, there was Megalodon. After the massive, mid-70s success of Jaws, many novelists (and filmmakers) wanted to get their slice of…
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